Download or read book The Hockey Dad Chronicles written by Ed and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sport of ice hockey is going through a transitional period, losing popularity in the United States even as it gains momentum in other countries. The Hockey Dad Chronicles is the touching and funny story of one season in the youth hockey career of Ed Wenck's son, Oliver, when he played for the Indianapolis Junior Ice. Hockey parents spend an inordinate amount of time and money on their child's sport of choice -- considerably more than soccer, football, or basketball parents dish out. They get their children to the ice rink for 7 a.m. ice time, they travel with them to other states for games every other weekend -- and if they're anything like Ed Wenck, they spend a lot of time sitting in bleachers wondering at the absurdity of it all. As youth hockey grows ever more popular, increasing numbers of parents are seeing their lives taken over by their children's hockey careers. The Hockey Dad Chronicles will be a familiar, amusing, and moving reminder to them -- and to all parents who devote themselves to their children's extracurricular activities, whether they're sports, drama, or dance -- of what it's all about.
Download or read book Hockey Dad written by Bob McKenzie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of minor hockey culture Known as TSN's "Hockey Insider," Canada's Bob McKenzie is synonymous with the sport and one of its most respected analysts. In Hockey Dad, McKenzie describes firsthand the joys and heartbreak of raising two sons, with entirely diverging athletic futures. He details their separate paths, describing Michael, a 22-year-old playing NCAA hockey on scholarship, and Shawn, now 19, whose competitive minor hockey life was cut short at age 14 because of multiple concussions. Their deeply personal stories, and the trials and tribulations of a father creating futures for them, offer readers a compelling look into the world and culture of minor hockey. Includes funny anecdotes, debates on numerous hockey issues, and personal reflections on the game and its culture With an unwavering look at his own strengths and weaknesses, as well as the entire system of minor hockey in Canada, Hockey Dad is an honest, irreverent and sometimes moving look at a sporting culture that is not so much a recreation as it is a way of life.
Download or read book The Gift of the Game written by Tom Allen and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of the gentle humour and storytelling that he brings to “Music and Company” every morning, The Gift of the Game is Tom Allen’s exploration of the ways in which hockey can shape the relationship between fathers and sons. In the winter of 2001 Tom Allen stepped onto a frozen lake with his eight-year-old son. They laced up their skates, set out chunks of firewood as goal posts, and played one-on-one hockey under an enormous blue sky. This would mark a new turn in Allen’s relationship with Wesley, even as other relationships began to fall apart. When Allen and his wife go their separate ways, it is hockey that forms the enduring bond between father and son. As Wesley grows in confidence and purpose, Allen grows into the mythic role of hockey dad and assistant coach, and spends his empty afternoons working on his own game on outdoor rinks, if only to avoid the silence of his apartment. But what is this game to which he has entrusted his fragile sense of well-being and his son’s emerging sense of self? With keen intelligence and self-deprecating emotional honesty, Allen sets about answering the questions that shape his new life: How does hockey mould us? To what degree are we defined by our love of the game and our wish to be admired for our skill on the ice? What are the implications for our culture of a game that so privileges violence? In making of hockey the arena of his pride and love and self-respect, Allen is forced to figure out what the game itself means.
Download or read book Thanks to My Hockey Dad written by Flyers Novice AE Team (Hockey team) and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After spending most of their parents' money on hockey fees and equipment, and after waking the house up at 6 am for countless early morning practices—isn't it only right that these kids give an expression of thanks and love (and a whole lot of laughs) to their parents? These books do just that. They were created as an opportunity for a Novice Rep Hockey Team, a little group of 8 year-old puck chasers, to express their feelings about their moms and dads, to tell them what they think for a change. The reasons they give are honest, funny, and true—all that you would expect from a group of 8-year olds! Asked why he loves his hockey mom, one answers without hesitating: “because she always skips out on work for it.” Why does his dad deserve thanks—not for the endless offside drills?—no, more for “distracting me while I am trying to play.” And their illustrations, done with crayons and markers, are simply charming.
Download or read book My Sucky Hockey Dad written by Joel Cohen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-03-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes dads can be embarrassing, but that's part of what makes them special. In "My Sucky Hockey Dad", a dad learns how to play hockey, falls and all, just to better connect with his hockey-loving kids. The book highlights the importance of perseverance, having a good attitude, and how love for family can inspire anyone to try their best.
Download or read book Hockey Dads written by Lisa McGuire and published by . This book was released on 2016-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pee Wees written by Rich Cohen and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestselling author takes a rollicking deep dive into the ultra-competitive world of youth hockey Rich Cohen, the New York Times–bestselling author of The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse and Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football, turns his attention to matters closer to home: his son’s elite Pee Wee hockey team and himself, a former player and a devoted hockey parent. In Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent, Cohen takes us through a season of hard-fought competition in Fairfield County, Connecticut, an affluent suburb of New York City. Part memoir and part exploration of youth sports and the exploding popularity of American hockey, Pee Wees follows the ups and downs of the Ridgefield Bears, the twelve-year-old boys and girls on the team, and the parents watching, cheering, conniving, and cursing in the stands. It is a book about the love of the game, the love of parents for their children, and the triumphs and struggles of both.
Download or read book Great Lakes and Midwest Catalog written by Partners Book Distributing and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Echo Kingdom Chronicles written by CD Charles and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you go to sleep, what do you dream about? Do you have adventures? Do you have nightmares? Or do your dreams mainly consist of the average everyday events that make up your normal life? Thirteen year-old Liana Savard used to have every type of dream imaginable, until one night when her dreams became a little bit too real. After moving to a new city in a new country, Liana tries to make the best of it. Only a night after her arrival into the new city, Liana falls asleep and then awakens on a completely differnt planet, Echo -- where she soon finds out shes in charge of a kingdom, as their queen. To make matters more interesting, every time she goes to sleep on Echo, she awakens on Earth, where shes just a normal teenage girl that still has to go to school! On Earth, she also meets Conner Rivers, who recently moved into the house next door only a few months before her own arrival. And as shell soon discover, hes not your average teenage boy. In his first book in The Echo Kingdom Chronicles series, C.D. Charles has crafted an adventure that will satisfy your imaginative thirst, capture your heart, and tickle your funny bone.
Download or read book The After Death Chronicles written by Annie Mattingley and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about ordinary people—plumbers, artists and accountants, bakers and beauticians, teachers and lawyers—who have been able to receive communication from loved ones who have died. Included here are accounts from over 80 people across the country who have had contact with the dead through the diaphanous veil that separates them from the living. The book begins with the story of Annie’s deceased daughter speaking to her in the early morning hours. The communication was so transformative that she began to share her experience. Much to her surprise, she discovered that after-death communication is much more common than is normally assumed, and she began to connect with other folks across the country who had similar experiences. Each of the ten chapters is organized around a specific kind of after-death communication. Included here are chapters on dreams, verbatim conversations, and synchronicity through nature and various other physical manifestations, descriptions of the results of these occurrences, and advice on how to open up to after-death communication. This book inspires in the reader reassurance, courage, healing, and a sense of wonder. From the author: “The time is ripe for people to recognize the blessing of how frequently our dead beloveds return . . . to confirm the reality that consciousness continues beyond the grave and to remind us that there is much more to death than the physical cessation of breath and pulse. It is time to break the silence, time to stop keeping these powerful healing experiences to ourselves. It is time to allow the experiences themselves, and the positive effect they have on the living.”
Download or read book Blades of Glory written by John Rosengren and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This behind-the-scenes examination reveals how the relentless pressure to wincan inspire or destroy a team of high school hockey champions.
Download or read book Indy Men s Magazine Presents the X mas Men written by Lou Harry and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the parties and the TV specials and shopping and the gift exchangeseven beyond the sermons and the prayersChristmas has a way of shedding a twinkling light on our lives like no other day (or time) of the year. Despite their disparate religious and familial and economic backgrounds, for seventeen authors at Indy Men's Magazine, Christmas is a day charged with laughter and beauty, hope and regret. This book is a very personal celebration, reconsideration, and, at times, an indictment of, to quote a lyric from a famous TV special, "the most wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful day of the year."
Download or read book Shift Work written by Tie Domi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From hockey’s most prolific fighter comes a sports memoir unlike any other—passionate, funny, and candid, Shift Work chronicles Domi’s sixteen tumultuous seasons in the NHL. Making it through a single fight as an enforcer in the NHL is a sign of toughness. Making it through 333 of them is a mark of greatness. Whether it was on the ice or off it, Tie Domi was driven to be the best at his job and was gifted with an extraordinary ability to withstand pain. He made a career out of protecting the people around him and became known as someone who would stand up for the people who needed it most. Raised by immigrant parents in Belle River, Domi found success from an early age on the field and the rink. A gifted athlete in whatever sport he played, Tie eventually focused his sights on hockey. As he moved up the junior ranks, he made a name for himself as a player who was always ready to take on anyone who dared to cross his teammates. Tie’s reputation followed him into the NHL, and it wasn’t long before he ranked among the game’s most feared—and fearless—enforcers. From New York to Winnipeg to Toronto, Tie quickly became a fan favourite in whatever city he played. As he went about working his name into the record books, Tie surrounded himself with people from every walk of life, learning from each one as he evolved into a respected leader who was never afraid to tell it like it was. In Shift Work, Tie recounts the ups and downs of his life on and off the ice, showing what he has learned and how he has grown as both a player and a person. He offers insight into the most memorable points of his career, sharing his successes and mistakes with unparalleled honesty. Shift Work shows Tie Domi as he is—a devoted father and friend, a valued and loyal team player, a magnetic personality, and an athlete of immense skill and courage.
Download or read book The Astro Chronicles written by Madelyn Lapierre and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-01-11 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've finally found you. In the abyss that is the stars, the Zodiacs live in a realm all to themselves. With the mortal world at their fingers, they can choose to walk among the living at their own personal choice. But with current news, the Planets say that they must take in the Half Bloods that they've left on the mortal plane. In the midst of all this change for the Zodiacs and, more importantly, the children, he escapes his prison. To find this great evil that has taken over one of their own, a group of these Half Bloods sneak away from their parents and take matters into their own hands. Unaware of the dangers they now face, they embark on this search for the lost. Full of humor and fantasy, this first adventure will transport you into a world where Zodiacs and constellations walk beside you.
Download or read book Chronicles of a Radical Hag with Recipes written by Lorna Landvik and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bittersweet, seriously funny novel of a life, a small town, and a key to our troubled times traced through a newspaper columnist’s half-century of taking in, and taking on, the world The curmudgeon who wrote the column “Ramblin’s by Walt” in the Granite Creek Gazette dismissed his successor as “puking on paper.” But when Haze Evans first appeared in the small-town newspaper, she earned fans by writing a story about her bachelor uncle who brought a Queen of the Rodeo to Thanksgiving dinner. Now, fifty years later, when the beloved columnist suffers a massive stroke and falls into a coma, publisher Susan McGrath fills the void (temporarily, she hopes) with Haze’s past columns, along with the occasional reprinted responses from readers. Most letters were favorable, although Haze did have her trolls; one Joseph Snell in particular dubbed her “liberal” ideas the “chronicles of a radical hag.” Never censoring herself, Haze chose to mollify her critics with homey recipes—recognizing, in her constantly practical approach to the world and her community, that buttery Almond Crescents will certainly “melt away any misdirected anger.” Framed by news stories of half a century and annotated with the town’s chorus of voices, Haze’s story unfolds, as do those of others touched by the Granite Creek Gazette, including Susan, struggling with her troubled marriage, and her teenage son Sam, who—much to his surprise—enjoys his summer job reading the paper archives and discovers secrets that have been locked in the files for decades, along with sad and surprising truths about Haze’s past. With her customary warmth and wit, Lorna Landvik summons a lifetime at once lost and recovered, a complicated past that speaks with knowing eloquence to a confused present. Her topical but timeless Chronicles of a Radical Hag reminds us—sometimes with a subtle touch, sometimes with gobsmacking humor—of the power of words and of silence, as well as the wonder of finding in each other what we never even knew we were missing.
Download or read book The Seamus Chronicles Books 1 3 written by K. D. McAdams and published by Caveman Worldwide. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 4860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the journey of teen genius Seamus Robinson and his family as they survive the apocalypse and head out into the stars. A family friendly, quirky story of balancing major life decisions with your head and your heart. You'll fall in love with the characters with every turn of the page in this series that you won't be able to put down. Books 1 - 3 of The Seamus Chronicles Annihilation - Book 1 Evacuation - Book 2 Colonization - Book 3
Download or read book The Justice Chronicles and Other Short Stories written by Robert Laseur and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early twenty first century, there was series of small battles called The Heretic Wars. After the wars were fought, the world remained virtually unchanged, with the exception of one individual. The Justice Chronicles are five short stories following the sole survivor of the three elite military units The Blades of God. Wandering through the Canadian bush, this surivior deals justice where he sees the unjust. And it is an unjust world indeed. The other short stories touch base on a wide vatiety of topics. They will scare you, make you laugh, and may even make you cry. Either way, enjoy the read.
